Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-20
THOMAS BEANS WILL.
An Instrument Purporting to be the
Will OF ths North Texas Land King
Turns Up at Bonham.
One Half the ate Left to an Aunt In
Washington county, the Other Half Dis.
posed of In Five Parts.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BEAN CASE.
special 70 The Gazette.
BoNHAM, TEX, Nov. 19.-Some very
sensational Developments regarding the
| famous Thomas Bean estate case have
come to the surface to-day, being nothing
more nor less than the discovery of 8
will. Startling developments have been
characteristic of this noted case, and the
people were partly prepared for this
latest, and if the will holds good the
closing scene. The will purports to
have been written by one Amos
Pearsons, ON the 10Th day of August,
1857, was inclosed in an envelope and ad-
dressed to Smith & Taylor, Bonham, Tex
The letter w.s mailed on train on the
| Gainesville and Galveston Railway, Au-
gust 15, 1887. There being no such firm
as Smith and Taylor in BOnham, the let
ter was advertised September Z. Re-
naming unclaimed, it was sent to the
dead-let Office, and finally came
| back to Bonham and on
being opened was found to be intended
for Colonel K Jbert Taylor OF this city
and G. NJ Smith, who lives in the coun-
try near this place. Accompanying the
will inclosed in the same envelope was
THE FOLLOWING NOTE:
"BurDet county, August 5, 1887. Mr..
G M. Smith and Rooert Il. Taylor, l
send to-day by young man going to
your county an instrument of writing,
which perhaps will be valuable to you.
Yours truly, signed
W. G. PERPoINT."
The following is true copy OF the will !:
1.-THE state IF Texas, county of Fannin
Know all men by these presents that 1,
Thomas G. Besn, of sound mind and dis
posing memory, make and devise this to
be my ffs5 ana LAST will and testament.
For the love and affection that l have for
my aunt Nancy c. Gee, wife OF Alfred
Gee Of Washington county, state of
Texas, [ do hereby bequeath and will to
her Nancy G Gee
ONE HALF OF MY ESTATE
in Fannin county and in the state OF
Texas, and the other half l want
sold and disposed of as fol
lows: One-tifth l want given to
the churches of Fannin county,
one-fifth want divided among my old
slaves, one fifth l want the poor children
of Fannln county TO have for the purpose
of education, one-ffth | want my execu-
tors, G. NJ. Smith and Robert Taylor, to
have for their services in settling up my
estate, one fifth l want the county of Fan
min TO have. | want my executors to see
That my will is carried out as 1 have di-
rected it to be.
"In testimony whereof, 1, the said
Thomas Bean, hereto sign my name and
sffix my seal, "a scroll being used) this
the 18Th day of August, A. d. 1857. Wit
nesses: Amos Pearsons, writer IF this
will, * his MARK, james Cooper, Asa
Maxey, Thomas Bean"
The paper on which the will is written
is stained, but for a document thirty
years old, the ink shows up very plainly
fhe man Pdrpoint is not known by any
one here, but the principal beneficiary
Nancy G. Gee
has BEEN HEARD OF
by several ciuZ=ns of this place. a weak
point and likely to be tested is the clause
tnet gives one fifth Of the remaining half
of his property to his ola slaves. II is
well known by persons that knew him in
1867 that he did not have any slaves at
that time.
The man, J. W Saunders, who claims
to be brother of the deceased land king,
Is still in the city. Saunders story,
which is credited by great many,
is that Thomas Beams name
was formerly Saunders and was
changed to Bean on account Of his having
killed man in Tennessee about forty
years ago. When he will was shown to
Mr.. Saunders this morning he appeared
to be dumbfounded, but says he is not
discouraged and will continue to prose-
cute his claim. The greatest excitement
prevails in the city as fully 100000 is
involved in the termination of the estate,
which is chiefly Fannin county lands.
The attorneys for the different claimants
to the estate all look upon the will as
fraud. This will probably be decided on
the 2Sth Of this month, as the case will
then be called for trial in the County
court. 81
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